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Thomas Leyland
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Thomas is a partner in our London Disputes practice. He has particular expertise in high-value, high-profile High Court disputes across a broad range of industries. Thomas has particular expertise acting for banks and other financial services institutions.
Thomas also has significant experience of legal process outsourcing and has coordinated major, cross-border, document review exercises. As such, he also has a particular interest in electronic disclosure and the outsourcing of document review. He has spoken at national events on these topics.
Thomas is a member of the highly regarded Commercial Litigation team that was commended for Commercial Litigation Team of the Year by Legal Business Awards 2018.
Memberships
Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
University of Sheffield, 1999, LLB
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Dentons
‘ team of ‘hugely experienced and trusted’ specialist banking litigators provides clients with both litigation and regulatory support. The group’s broad expertise spans derivatives and ISDA interpretation disputes, agency and trustee issues, and securities litigation. Felicity Ewing is head of the financial markets litigation team and enjoys a growing reputation in the group litigation space. Thomas Leyland is a key contact, specialising in financial services disputes. Active in fintech disputes, Craig Neilson is adept at handling disputes involving payments and cryptocurrencies. Tom Hanson represents a range of financial institutions and acts for defendants in group litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport